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A banner hangs across Main Street, just before Pearl Street, urging men to enlist in the Connecticut National Guard or the regular Army.

Crowds throng Main Street in Hartford to celebrate the rumored armistice. On November 7, 1918 an unofficial report was released by the United Press declaring that an armistice had been signed and the war would end at 2:00 p.m. that day. By that…

Farmington Ave in Hartford Conn. during WW1

When the Veterans day was moved to the fourth Monday in October, many people were upset and wanted to reserve the commemoration for November 11th.

Cover and tittle page of the financial statement of the Red Cross Fund and related page on Surgical Dressing Services

Workers at the Seth Thomas Tower Clock factory hold the hand of the first Colgate Clock, then the largest clock in the world, before its shipment to its destination in Jersey City.

The first Hartford soldier to return from France stands on a platform erected in front of the Old State House.

This articles discusses the first time a liberty chorus performed at a war rally.